Martin Williamson

Scotland

Cycling Photographer and Journalist at VeloVeritas

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Gifford Road Race 2025 goes to Logan Maclean

1 month ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Scottish Champion, 24 year old Logan Maclean (unattached) took a fine win in the Gifford Road Race on Saturday March 15th, outsprinting ex-Zappi man Alexander Ball (BCC Race Team) and Noah Bleteau (Paris Cycliste Olympique) after a hard-fought 120-kilometre battle on the rolling East Lothian roads on a rather chilly but beautifully sunny Saturday afternoon. The winning move formed with three laps to go, Maclean forcing the split along with Ball, Bleteau, and James Jobber (Hurricane & Thunder CT).
Pashley Cycles - Skilled Artisans, Working to Scale

1 month ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Stratford-upon-Avon is best known for its Shakespearean connections but just a short ride away from the Bard’s birthplace there’s another piece of British heritage that deserves a standing ovation—the Pashley Cycles factory. A visit to the factory is a must for anyone who appreciates fine craftsmanship, classic design, and the satisfying smells and sounds of metal being turned into two-wheeled works of art.
"Gravel Rides Scotland" by Ed Shoote

1 month ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Gravel riding – what’s all the fuss about? For a die-hard roadie, the thought of swapping silky smooth tarmac for rough forestry tracks, farm roads, and God forbid, mud, might seem like heresy. But there’s no denying it, gravel is booming. More and more riders are turning away from the traffic-choked highways and pothole-ridden B-roads in favor of peace, solitude, and the kind of landscapes that leave your jaw hanging open.
Bremen Six Day 2025 - Day Four

1 month ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

It’s the final day Bremen Six Day 2025, with two sessions today. Our riders are not involved in the morning session which sees the Sprinters racing a Keirin and going for their lap times, whilst it’s a busy session for the Women, with a Derny race, a Points Race, an Elimination and a Madison. I take a wander down from our upstairs room to see what’s going on.
Bremen Six Day 2025 - Day Three

2 months ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

The u19 riders at the Bremen Six Day began their 45 minutes Madison at 10.00am but we don’t have to be down at the trackside cabins at that time – our boys aren’t on the track until until half twelve for a 30 minute Chase, and an extra hour in bed is very welcome indeed.
Calum Moir - the Lightweight Sprinter Scot from London

2 months ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Looking through Calum Moir’s races for 2024 we can see he’s ridden mostly in Spain this season, and mostly on the road, with a few top 20 results – one of them third place in the Gran Premio Ciclista Ciudad de Fuenlabrada, but there’s a lot more to this young man, who’s capable of a 1’03” Kilometre and a 3’22” Individual Pursuit on the track.
Innes McDonald - on Broken Wrist and MTB World Championship

2 months ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Edinburgh rider Innes McDonald (Scottish Offroad Race Team) is only 16 years old but already has 11 years of riding and racing under his wheels. Last season Innes won the British U16 Cyclocross Championship and this year he has taken the Scottish Junior CycloCross title, the British Junior XCC Championship, the British Junior/Senior XCC Series, as well as the fifth round of theBritish Cycling National Cross Country Series.
Ed Hood

2 months ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

I write this with a heavy heart; our beloved friend Ed Hood passed away peacefully today. Ed suffered a devastating stroke in February 2023 and spent an extended period in hospital then latterly in a care home in Glenrothes, Scotland.
Bremen Six Day 2025 - Day Two

2 months ago | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

We have two rooms (cabins) upstairs at the track here at the Bremen Six Day; a larger room with the drinks fridge, our tea and coffee equipment, a sofa, chairs and tables, and a smaller room with our massage table setup as well as a camp bed that’s been provided by the race organisers for anyone that wants to use them. Etienne Ilegems (famous Belgian soigneur who’s looking after a few of the top guys here) is doing the same in his big room downstairs.
Bremen Six Day 2025 - Day One

Jan 24, 2025 | veloveritas.co.uk | Martin Williamson

Over the stadium sound system Sabrina Carpenter is singing about “Paris” but we’re here in the northern German city of Bremen, a major cultural and economic hub and the country’s 11th largest city because the Bremen Six Day 2025 is now underway and we have a job to do. We’ve actually been at the track for a couple of days after driving up in the camper van from Düsseldorf where I flew into from Scotland to meet up with Kris.